Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-25
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~ Seville now mas "a bank.
~, The Norris grove at Spring Garden will
SNIP 10000 boxes.
! .Tde work of filing In Panasotf Gee
nestle is still going on.
| The college locating committee will! be
4 IN Orange City within ten days.
! Nine quarts of strawberries were
shipped from Panasoff zee on Monday.
The city jail at 81. Augustine has been
considerably enlarged and otherwise
| made more habitable.
Maria Osborn, an aged colored woman,
died at st. Augustine Wednesday morn
/ ing. Her exact age is not known. but it
| Is supposed to have been nearly 100 years.
The Sumter County Fair will be held in
! Leesourg on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, FEB. 8. 10 and II. Many good pre-
miums are offered in field, garden, fruit,
manufacturing, domestic, ladies' work
and art departments.
Oliver Stewart, negro barber OF
| Tampa, was last week arrested on
charge OF polygsmy preferred by Rosetta
| Stewart, on the ground that while undl-
Vorced from her he had taken unto him
self wife in the person OF Louisa Evans,
OF Tampa. The too much married knight
Of the razor was tried on Wednesday be-
fore Justice Merlin and committed to jail
IN Ueiault OF DOOu,
The Chalo Apopka Lake country is now
open to the world. The Orange Transit
Canal Company finished their work to
Floral City, the southern terminus of the
lake, on Dec. 30. On that day the fl
steamboat from Panasoff kee arrived,
having on board the officers OF the com
pany. The citizens of Floral City and
vicinity enjoyed Jan. l, 1881. a grand
celebration IN commemOration OF the
event.
The long dry season has prevented the
general delivery of logs to the mills of
Escambla county, and serious loss will be
entaIled on the mills and lumber mer-
chants II copiOus rains do not prevail in
the up country. In the Blackwater river
no logs nave been driven down from the
smaller streams and creeks since last Nav,
| and Chat1n q Co.'S. mill shut down Sat
urday, having exhausted its supply OF
logs. Tne other mills will in a short time
run short Of stock. Two hundred thous-
and dollars worth of logs are cut and
awaiting transportation in the Up coun-
try.
The dead body OF Fred Brown. a
Swedish sailor, was found in a swamp
near the lanyard at Pensacola Saturday
afternoon. bullet hole, ranging from
the right temple through and out Of the
| head, explained the cause OF mis- death.
Beside him were found revolver and q
box Of cartridges, and in his pockets the
sum OF 81 rs. The evidence was
to the effect that deceased had
committed suicide, and so 1t
was decided by Coroner Esmonde, who
deemed an inquest unnecessary. A friend
OF the deceased attributes the suicide to
melanchola induced by the displeasure
of his foster father, evidence Of which
was found on the body in a letter.
The people of Maitland and vicinity are
waking up to toe Importance of railroads.
and have given notice that tbev will hold
a meeting Saturday, Jan. 29,i Dr.. Hurd's
hall, TO determine ways and means 10
build railroad. starting from the Tava-
res, Orlando and Apopka railroad, about
three miles and a half west OF Maitland,
eastward through that place TO Lake
| Howell, Hunters Settlement, Gabrielle,
and WOronooO. and as far eastward as the
requisite funds are supplied by subscrip.
tiol and donation. This is an important
and feasible route, and will secure the
transportation OF oranges from thousands
| of trees, besides aiding In the develop
ment o. very attractive and desirable
section of country.
II rman Ward, who lived about seven
mics northeast OF Sumtervllle, was acct
dentally drowned ia lake near mis- house
on Jan. To. He left his horse that morn
ing. carrying gun, in search OF some OF
his hogs, and not returning at night, the
= family became uneasy, and party was
sent out at once in search of him. They
mad not gone far before they discovered
MS gun and clothing near a lake, but Mr..
Ward was nowhere TO be seen. TheY
then procured a boat and dredged the
stream and found his remains only short
distance from where his clothing was w.
ing. A dead duck was floating on the
water near where his body was found,
and it is supposed he had killed it, and on
gong after his game, got into water over
his head and was drowned.